CVE-2023-34318: Fedoraproject Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in sox, in the startread function at sox/src/hcom.c:160:41. This flaw can lead to a denial of service, code execution, or information disclosure.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux: version 8.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 38 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange: version 14.4.3 only

Published 2023-07-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.